Garment



Feb. 4, 1941.

s. GOLDENSTEIN arm.

GARMENT Filed July 13, 1939 INVENTO R Goldens iezgz Z Goldensfiezn WITNESSES Patented Feb. 4, 1941 PATENT OFFICE GARMENT Samuel Goldenstein, Brooklyn, and Morris Goldenstein, New York, N. Y.

Application July 13, 1939, Serial No. 284,238

1 Claim.

This invention relates to an improved garment, particularly to a garment similar to a vest or jacket.

It is an object of the invention to provide an improved garment of the above character which will afiord protection or coverage for either the chest or back of the wearer but which is open on the opposite side so as to provide for adequate air circulation and permit the garment to be worn on relatively warm days.

A further object is to provide an improved garment similar to a jacket or vest which is of ventilated construction but which is also so formed as to be held firmly in proper position on the wearer and soas to resist accidental displacement or derangement thereof.

Among other objects is the provision of an improved garment of the above character which is of attractive appearance, which may be worn in several different manners so as to cover either the chest or back of the wearer, and. which is of relatively simple and inexpensive construction.

In the accompanying drawing- Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a garment embodying our invention showing one manner of wearing our garment so as to cover the chest of the .Wearer;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the garment showing another manner of wearing it so as to cover the back of the wearer;

Fig. 3 is a view of the garment from the open side thereof showing the construction and arrangement of the several parts thereof; and

Fig. 4 is a similar view of the garment showing the neck and waist bands in open position and the condition of the sleeve blanks prior to the completion of the sleeves.

Our improved garment may be made from any desired type of woven or knitted textile fabric. However, we prefer to form it from a fabric knitted from natural or synthetic fibers as we have found that a knitted fabric has the desired resiliency.

The garment preferably comprises a panel I0 which is adapted to cover either the back or chest of the wearer and which is provided with a neck encircling band II at the top and a waist encircling band I2 at the bottom. It will be appreciated that the garment may be made in various sizes and that the panel, waist band and neck band should be made to properly fit the wearer. The neck and waist bands may be formed in one or more pieces and may either be formed integral with or may be connected to the panel Ill. When the garment is formed of knitted fabric we prefer to form the neck and waist band of ribbed construction so as to give the desired additional resiliency and strength thereto and so as to give a desirable ornamental appearance to the garment. Under those circumstances the neck and waist bands may be formed by making the panel I0 with ribbed borders l4 and l 5 at the top and bottom respectively. The neck band is then completed by attaching two strips I6 and I! to the two sides of the border I4 as shown and the waist band is completed by attaching the two strips I8 and I9 to the two sides of the border I5. Suitable fastening means such as the buttons 20 and button holes 2| may be provided to hold the respective bands in assembled position. We also provide our garment with a pair of sleeves indicated at 22, the sleeves preferably being formed of separate panels connected to opposite sides of the panel Ill and to the adjacent edges of the neck band. The sleeves are so formed as to completely encircle the lower portion of the arms of the wearer but so as to be provided with V-shaped openings 25 extending along the upper portion of the arms. This is accomplished by attaching the opposite edges of the lower portion of the sleeve panels together by stitching or the like, as indicated at 23. The stitching preferably extends for no more than half the length of the sleeve so as to leave the V-shaped opening 24 at the upper portion.

Our improved garment may be worn either in the front or back of the wearer so as to cover either the chest or back. When worn in the manner shown in Fig. 1, the panel Ill extends over the chest of the wearer, the arms are extended through the sleeves and the neck and waist bands are assembled around the body of the wearer. There will then be an opening indicated at 25 at the back of the wearer and also a V-shaped opening 24 adjacent the upper portion of each of the sleeves. When worn as shown in Fig. 2 the panel I0 covers the back of the wearer and the opening 25 is at the front. It will be seen'that in either instance the neck and waist bands II and I2 respectively serve to hold the garment in assembled position and adequate air circulation will be provided by the opening 25 and by the sleeve openings 24. If desired suit able pockets may be attached to the waist band I2 of the garment, either at the bottom of the panel ID or on the strips I8 or Hi.

It will be appreciated that while we have shown the preferred embodiment of our invention modifications may be made without departing from the invention as set forth in the accompanying claim.

We claim:

A garment comprising a textile fabric panel adapted to cover either the front or back of the trunk of the wearer above the waist, a textile fabric band having releasable fastening means adjacent the ends thereof connected to the top of the panel with its ends projecting beyond the lateral-edges thereof and adapted to encircle the neck of the wearer, a second textile fabric band having releasable fastening means adjacent the 

